Services, the company handling the
construction of MKO International Airport,
Ido Osun, in Osun State, has said that the
airport will have the longest runway in the
country by the time it is completed.
The Project Supervisor of the company, Mr.
Abubakar Abuyaro, said this while conducting
Governor Rauf Aregbesola round the airport
on Tuesday.
He stated that the airport was being built to
accommodate Boeing 737 series and other big
aircraft.
While assuring the governor that the airport
would be ready in May 2014, Abuyaro said
the runway would be 3.5 kilometres long.
With 3.5 kilometres runway, the airport under
construction beats the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport and the Nnamdi Azikiwe
International Airport, Abuja in terms of the
length of the runway.
According to Abuyaro, the length of the
runway of an airport determines the aircraft
the airport can accommodate.
Abuyaro said, "50 per cent of the earthwork
on the runway, which is the most important
part of the job, has been achieved. Rainy
season is gradually coming to an end.
"As soon as rainfall subsides, work will
definitely go at a high speed in the airport,
which after completion, is going to be one of
the best airports in the country."
Aregbesola commended the company for its
diligence to work and urge the workers not to
fail.
The governor had earlier visited the East By-
pass Road where he inspected one of the
major bridges still under construction in an
effort to ensure that contractors handling
various projects in the state carry out quality
jobs and complete the projects at the
stipulated time.
The project being handled by a Turkish
company, Slava Yeditepe, is to complete the
circle of rings around the state capital and
ensure no traffic bottlenecks are created as
the state capital witnesses rapid
developments.
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